Originally Posted by Casey1300

First, I wouldn't call it a failure since I learned something from it. So its a temporary setback. I will take it again in 6 months and it won't hurt my timeframe for my bachelors degree completion.

I got a 43 and I needed a 50 to pass. So many names! It's my fault for not studying enough. You need to know a bunch of names and who they were, what they were famous for. I have no background in plays, music, etc. so this was all new to me. You had to know if a person was known for short essays, poetry, etc. I am not stupid as this was the first exam that I have failed so far. So if you are to take this exam, I recommend you go through instacert and write everything down, study for a while, and then go through instacert again and don't sit the test until you have everything down pat.

Also, on the plays and literature, you have to read them and not just know who wrote them. You have to know which passage came out of what play and the meanings behind them and also know the main characters, whether it was a comedy, romance, etc. Also you have to decipher what the poet meant by some words. I think its kind of dumb to try to interpret what the poet was trying to convey in a writing such as old english, but you have to try and give it a logical guess. There were a lot of names I just didn't know! I had to guess on too many questions.

Of course, I know NONE of these people outside of researching, since most of them were 18th century and beyond. I knew mozart, bach, shakespeare, but wasn't familiar with the intricities of their work. Not one was even alive when I was born in 81'. So you only know them by studying them. I looked a bunch of people up on wilkapedia to see their picture and study some of there works. It helps rather than just looking at a name on a piece of paper. 6 Credits has aluded me, but hopefully I can retake in 6 months and get that 50 I hope to get.